From Sphinx to Oracle: Through the Libyan Desert to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon (Classic Reprint) [Idioma Ingl�s] - Softcover

White, Arthur Silva

9781332013814: From Sphinx to Oracle: Through the Libyan Desert to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon (Classic Reprint) [Idioma Ingl�s]

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ISBN 10: 1332013813 ISBN 13: 9781332013814

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from From Sphinx to Oracle: Through the Libyan Desert to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon

HE who has challenged the stony stare Of the Sphinx, alone, in the sonorous silence Of the desert, in the mellow moonlight, is apt to read his own interpretation of the mystery of life and Of death, which perhaps it symbolizes.

The Sphinx ignores the desert at its feet, which the bounteous Nile converts into a garden of delight. Its gaze is bent on the sand-swept horizon, the threshold of the Unknown, the bourn of the Spirit world. It is a dream in stone.

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Excerpt from From Sphinx to Oracle: Through the Libyan Desert to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon

Moghara; Easy stages - Arab characteristics - The Wadi Moghara - Arrival at the lake - Plague of mosquitoes; A Sandstorm; Discomforts of a khamsin; The Desert; General description of the Libyan Desert - Route defined - Elevations and comparative depressions - Land-forms - Appearance of desert - Sterility and water-supply - Vegetation - Animal, bird, and insect life - Meteorology - Mirage - Reflections on the desert; In Deepest Desert; Anticipation of difficulties - Attempted intimidation by Abdul - Story of the massacre of a European and his caravan near Jarabub - Fear of the Siwans - Trouble with the men - Arrival at Ain Uara - No water - But brackish water to drink - Skeletons of camels and graves of men - Accident to camera - Travelling without water - Treacherous desert - Meeting with caravans - Arrival at Gara; The Oasis of Gara; The sergeant's camp - Confirmation of reports - Interview with Senussi sheikhs - The route to Siwa and to Jarabub - 'Highway robbery'

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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